Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-03-01
Execution Of Mrs. DrusG for lht
Murder Of Her Husband.
she MAKES CONFESSION or the MURDER
BUT IMplicATfs CHARLES GATES.
She Md Ama,vi. H.. Ear Daughter EA Nothing Il
Do With tie Xcds.
TWO LIGHTERS FILLED w,rE COTTON
AND A STEAMER BURNED.
A Severe Storm in NV England, New
York and Pennsylvania.
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ESPECIAL TO THE sEsrISEL.i
Religious Services for Mrs. Druse.
HERKIMER, N. Y, Feb. 27.-In
every pulpit here to-day allusion was
made to the case of Mrs. Druse, who
is to be hanged tomorrow, and the
hope was generally expressed that the
proceeding would be averted. Mrs.
Druse has passed most of the day
in tears. She contends that she is in
reality innocent of the murder of her
husband. kilograms have been sent
from here by the score, requesting the
Governor to commute her sentence.
Mrs. Druse yesterday made her will,
bsqueathinghe body to her clergyman,
Rev. Mr.. Powell, and her cabinet
organ to her daughter Mary, who is in
the Onondago penitentiary, serving
| out a life sentence for the participa-
| ton in her fathers murder. Her son
George had a parting interview with
her yesterday, and she was much af-
| fected. Tonight service was held in
her cell by the Rev. Mr.. Powell, who
will conduct the funeral services to-
morrow. Mrs. Druse has had a SIM
| pie black dress made for the occasion.
| Only a small number of persons, al
| lowed by law, will witness the execu-
| ton, which will take place about IL
A. NJ.
Execution OF Mrs. Druse.
HERKIMER, N. Y, Feb. 2S.-Roxa-
Llama Druse, who murdered her hus-
band, Geo. Druse, in December, 1884,
was hanged for the crime at noon to-
day. After the services last evening
Mrs. Druse remained until about II 80.
Deputy Sheriff Mannion, with Mr..
and Mrs. Waterman, the death watch,
induced her to lie down, and she had
about an hours quiet sleep. She
awakened with a start, and upon aris-
| ing began to write letters as calmly as
she had at any time during her incar-
| ceration. In one of these she thanked
| the Sheriff for his kindness to her, and
asked that her body might be given to
| her pastor for Christian burial. After
writing she laid down and fell into a
doze. She was attacked with hysteria
in a violent form, and it required con.
siderable effort upon the part of the
watches to GUS and calm her. Dur.
ing the night she ate one Of the heart
lest meals she had eaten since she was
in prison. She had about two hours
rest after 4 A. NJ. but did not SLEEP
soundly at any one time. One of hei
first visitors this morning was Supt
Irving Terry, of the Onondago peni,
Tertiary, who brought a farewell from
her daughter Mary, who is likewise a
prisoner. This visit had the mos
exciting effect upon Mrs. Druse.
Rev. DIR. Powell visited Mrs. Druse
about 8, and did all in his power te
calm and prepare her for the awful
moment. Every road leading into the
town was dotted with sleighs crowded
with fur coated men and not a few
women. The crowd in the village in.
creased on the arrival of every train
and in spite of the extreme cold. men
women and children stood about the
streets surrounding the Jail. The exc.
cution was witnessed by rs persons
including the officials.
Yesterday morning Mrs. Druse made
a confession to DIR. Powell, her spirit
ual adviser, in which she declared
that Charles Gates had instigated heI
to commit the murder, and says he
provided her with the revolver. She
declared that after she fired the first
shot Gates fred the three succeeding
shots from a window. She confessed
to having cut up her husbands body
and that Gates took the body away
and burned it. She related that she
killed Druse because he had treated
her cruelty and brutally.
Just before going to the scaffold Mrs
Druse made an affidavit, declaring
that her daughter Mary, now confined
in the Onondago penitentiary, had
nothing to do whatever with the kill.
of her father.
At IL AZ A. NJ. Mrs. Druse and DR..
Powell knelt on the floor of the scat.
fold under the rope. Mrs. Druse held
her daughters bonnet in her hand,
and closed her eyes while DIR. Powell
offered a prayer. Mrs. Druse was
dressed in black cashmere, with laced
neck and sleeves. She wore a small
shawl over her shoulders. She MAIN
tanned her composure on the scaffold
until the cap was drawn over her
face, when she began to moan, and
finally began to scream SO badly that
she could be heard in the street ad-
joining the Jail. The trap was sprung,
and after she fell she made but one
convulsive movement.
Three Close Calls.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Feb. 2S.-The Buf-
falo fishermen have had three close
calls here this Winter from perishing
on the ice. Twice through "shoves"
or break ups, and again yesterday after
noon through a binding snowstorm.
Sixteen men had been missing all day.
Twelve of them turned up this even
ing having managed to reach land.
-Four are still unaccounted for, and are
supposed to have been frozen to death
on the ice.
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